Emily Adler , LCSW, LICSW

Emily Adler is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience. She offers a straightforward approach that helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, and issues around self-esteem. Emily works with adults on concerns related to parenting, career changes, grief, addiction, and LGBT matters, and she brings calm support to difficult moments.

Her style centers on listening closely and helping people name their strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals. She encourages clients to use what already works in their lives and to try small changes that build confidence.

Emily draws on Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral approaches to help people notice unhelpful patterns and test new ways of coping. She also uses Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused techniques when the situation calls for short-term goals or trauma processing. Treatment plans are shaped around what each person needs in the moment.

Emily is licensed as an LCSW and as a LICSW and practices from Missouri. Her background includes supporting people through family conflict, parenting strain, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiver stress. She also works on body image, codependency, and communication problems.

In sessions she aims to keep things practical and approachable. Clients can expect clear options, empathetic listening, and step-by-step ideas for change. Emily helps people take the next small step toward feeling more capable and in control.

Approach choices and online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer goals, and support to try new behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and immediate needs and will suggest methods that fit those priorities. Clients and the therapist make adjustments as they learn what helps best.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and time allow. Phone sessions can work well when someone needs a shorter check-in or has limited internet. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for brief updates, coaching-style support, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility for different schedules, locations, and communication styles.